School started again for me. I am now studying in a school, this time round, in Singapore Institute of Management (SIM). It's a big and massive place as compared to little Powerpuff University. But there, the food is cheaper, the students more motivated and the lecturers funnier. But more serious and sombre, I suppose.
(Note: Powerpuff University or PU is the nickname I gave to the previous school I attended, its real name is James Cook Australia Institute of Higher Learning)
I feel ok but awkward. With both good and bad memories, school is yet another flashback to the past.
Bad, because I remembered I got screwed by far too many group-mates in group project works. The reason why I was in SIM and not in other publicly-funded universities is largely because of me being barred from a compulsory subject needed for entrance in these universities, and me not able to overcome the obstacles to move on from there (my fault)... And also, I have employment and cost concerns in my mind. My previous major in Powerpuff University was not just hard, it was also termed 'unemployable' and 'Playboish' by Mom. What's more, there are cost concerns too after the expensive experiment at PU. And the competitive students make me wonder why Singapore is full of these students? Aren't there SMU, SUTD, NUS, NTU and even maybe... MDIS (which requires 2 B's for its courses, the most rigorous requirements in Singapore private unis)?
And the largeness has really made me bewildered. In the end I didn't even tap my card for attendance taking for a lesson until halfway across the lecture... Feeling a little lost. The group work with so many people in the lecture room also didn't help. Found a group with 5 nice guys (on the surface, who knows?) out of 150 unknowns. Nobody I know of. Sensory overload? Oh well, PU was more supportive but it's far too small for anything. At least SIM has nice food, nice modernist architecture, nice everything else...
Good though, because everything seems to register fast in my mind for the lectures. I have a greater awareness of financial stuff now. I feel as if I am growing into my current major.
Although I still sometimes randomly think of skateboarding and urban planning/architecture, I know they could be my fantasies or side interests so I am really happy with what I have now.
(Note: Powerpuff University or PU is the nickname I gave to the previous school I attended, its real name is James Cook Australia Institute of Higher Learning)
I feel ok but awkward. With both good and bad memories, school is yet another flashback to the past.
Bad, because I remembered I got screwed by far too many group-mates in group project works. The reason why I was in SIM and not in other publicly-funded universities is largely because of me being barred from a compulsory subject needed for entrance in these universities, and me not able to overcome the obstacles to move on from there (my fault)... And also, I have employment and cost concerns in my mind. My previous major in Powerpuff University was not just hard, it was also termed 'unemployable' and 'Playboish' by Mom. What's more, there are cost concerns too after the expensive experiment at PU. And the competitive students make me wonder why Singapore is full of these students? Aren't there SMU, SUTD, NUS, NTU and even maybe... MDIS (which requires 2 B's for its courses, the most rigorous requirements in Singapore private unis)?
And the largeness has really made me bewildered. In the end I didn't even tap my card for attendance taking for a lesson until halfway across the lecture... Feeling a little lost. The group work with so many people in the lecture room also didn't help. Found a group with 5 nice guys (on the surface, who knows?) out of 150 unknowns. Nobody I know of. Sensory overload? Oh well, PU was more supportive but it's far too small for anything. At least SIM has nice food, nice modernist architecture, nice everything else...
Good though, because everything seems to register fast in my mind for the lectures. I have a greater awareness of financial stuff now. I feel as if I am growing into my current major.
Although I still sometimes randomly think of skateboarding and urban planning/architecture, I know they could be my fantasies or side interests so I am really happy with what I have now.
